This textbook is a primer for students on statistics. It covers basic statistical operations, an introduction to probability, distributions and regression. The book is divided into a series of 10 chapters covering a basic introduction to common topics for beginners. <br/> <br/>The goal of the book is to provide sufficient understanding of how to organize and summarize datasets through descriptive and inferential statistics for good decision-making. A chapter on ethics also informs readers about best practices for using statistics in research and analysis. <br/> <br/>Topics covered:<br/>1. Introduction to Statistics<br/>2. Summarizing and Graphing<br/>3. Basic Concepts of Probability<br/>4. Discrete Random Variables<br/>5. Continuous Random Variables<br/>6. Sampling Distributions<br/>7. Estimation<br/>8. Hypothesis Testing<br/>9. Correlation and Regression<br/>10. Ethics